The Birth of Fever from Rudra's Wrath at Daksha's Sacrifice

Verse 1 (12.289.1)

पितामह महाप्राज्ञ सर्वशास्त्रविशारद । अस्मिन्वृत्रवधे तात विवक्षा मम जायते ॥

pitāmaha mahāprājña sarvaśāstraviśārada | asminvṛtravadhe tāta vivakṣā mama jāyate

Grandsire, O man of great wisdom, versed in every science, a wish to speak of this slaying of Vritra has come to me, dear father.

Verse 2 (12.289.2)

ज्वरेण मोहितो वृत्रः कथितस्ते जनाधिप । निहतो वासवेनेह वज्रेणेति ममानघ ॥

jvareṇa mohito vṛtraḥ kathitaste janādhipa | nihato vāsaveneha vajreṇeti mamānagha

You told me, O lord of men, that Vritra was bewildered by fever and was then struck down by Vasava with the thunderbolt, O sinless one.

Verse 3 (12.289.3)

कथमेष महाप्राज्ञ ज्वरः प्रादुर्बभूव ह । ज्वरोत्पत्तिं निपुणतः श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं प्रभो ॥

kathameṣa mahāprājña jvaraḥ prādurbabhūva ha | jvarotpattiṃ nipuṇataḥ śrotumicchāmyahaṃ prabho

How did this fever come into being, O man of great wisdom? I wish to hear the origin of fever told exactly, my lord.

Verse 4 (12.289.4)

शृणु राजञ्ज्वरस्येमं संभवं लोकविश्रुतम् । विस्तरं चास्य वक्ष्यामि यादृशश्चैव भारत ॥

śṛṇu rājañjvarasyemaṃ saṃbhavaṃ lokaviśrutam | vistaraṃ cāsya vakṣyāmi yādṛśaścaiva bhārata

Listen, O king, to the world-famed origin of fever. I shall tell it to you at length, and in the very manner it happened, O Bharata.

Verse 5 (12.289.5)

पुरा मेरोर्महाराज शृङ्गं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । ज्योतिष्कं नाम सावित्रं सर्वरत्नविभूषितम् ॥

purā merormahārāja śṛṅgaṃ trailokyaviśrutam | jyotiṣkaṃ nāma sāvitraṃ sarvaratnavibhūṣitam

Long ago, O great king, there was on Meru a peak famed through the three worlds, named Jyotishka, sacred to the Sun and adorned with every kind of jewel,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines = CE 12.274.5a and 5c.

Verse 6 (12.289.6)

अप्रमेयमनाधृष्यं सर्वलोकेषु भारत । तत्र देवो गिरितटे हेमधातुविभूषिते ॥

aprameyamanādhṛṣyaṃ sarvalokeṣu bhārata | tatra devo giritaṭe hemadhātuvibhūṣite

immeasurable and unassailable, O Bharata, in all the worlds. There, on the mountainside adorned with gold and ores, the god

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE 12.274.5e (the CE has a star line 5f*0732_01 after it); line 2 = CE 12.274.6a.

Verse 7 (12.289.7)

पर्यङ्क इव विभ्राजन्नुपविष्टो बभूव ह । शैलराजसुता चास्य नित्यं पार्श्वे स्थिता बभौ । तथा देवा महात्मानो वसवश्चामितौजसः ॥

paryaṅka iva vibhrājannupaviṣṭo babhūva ha | śailarājasutā cāsya nityaṃ pārśve sthitā babhau | tathā devā mahātmāno vasavaścāmitaujasaḥ

sat shining as though upon a couch. The daughter of the Mountain King stayed always at his side, radiant, and so did the high-souled gods and the Vasus of boundless might,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Three-line verse: line 1 = CE 12.274.6c, line 2 = CE 12.274.7a, line 3 = CE 12.274.7c.

Verse 8 (12.289.8)

तथैव च महात्मानावश्विनौ भिषजां वरौ । तथा वैश्रवणो राजा गुह्यकैरभिसंवृतः ॥

tathaiva ca mahātmānāvaśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau | tathā vaiśravaṇo rājā guhyakairabhisaṃvṛtaḥ

and likewise the two Ashvins, best of physicians, and King Vaishravana, surrounded by guhyakas,

Verse 9 (12.289.9)

यक्षाणामीश्वरः श्रीमान्कैलासनिलयः प्रभुः । शङ्खपद्मनिधिभ्यां च लक्ष्म्या परमया सह । उपासन्त महात्मानमुशना च महाकविः ॥

yakṣāṇāmīśvaraḥ śrīmānkailāsanilayaḥ prabhuḥ | śaṅkhapadmanidhibhyāṃ ca lakṣmyā paramayā saha | upāsanta mahātmānamuśanā ca mahākaviḥ

the glorious lord of the yakshas, the master whose dwelling is Kailasa, together with his treasures Shankha and Padma and with supreme splendour, and Ushanas, the great poet, waited upon the great-souled god,

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki backtick and quote marks (and the doubled danda) around line 2, which Wikisource prints as an interpolated line; the line is kept. Lines: 1 = CE 12.274.9a (अधिपः for ईश्वरः, a recension variant); line 2 = CE star 12.274.9b*0733_01 (शङ्खपद्मनिधी चोभौ ऋद्ध्या परमया सह, worded differently); line 3 = CE star 12.274.9b*0734_01 (उपासन्त महात्मानमुशना च महाकविः).

Verse 10 (12.289.10)

सनत्कुमारप्रमुखास्तथैव च महर्षयः । अङ्गिरः प्रमुखाश्चैव तथा देवर्षयोऽपरे ॥

sanatkumārapramukhāstathaiva ca maharṣayaḥ | aṅgiraḥ pramukhāścaiva tathā devarṣayo'pare

and the great sages headed by Sanatkumara, and the Angirases and other divine sages with them.

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Verse 11 (12.289.11)

विश्वावसुश्च गन्धर्वस्तथा नारदपर्वतौ । अप्सरोगणसङ्घाश्च समाजग्मुरनेकशः ॥

viśvāvasuśca gandharvastathā nāradaparvatau | apsarogaṇasaṅghāśca samājagmuranekaśaḥ

The gandharva Vishvavasu, Narada and Parvata, and troops and hosts of apsarases came together there in great numbers.

Verse 12 (12.289.12)

ववौ सुखः शिवो वायुर्नानागन्धवहः शुचिः । सर्वर्तुकुसुमोपेताः पुष्पवन्तो द्रुमास्तथा ॥

vavau sukhaḥ śivo vāyurnānāgandhavahaḥ śuciḥ | sarvartukusumopetāḥ puṣpavanto drumāstathā

A pleasant, auspicious and pure wind blew, bearing many fragrances, and the trees were in flower with the blossoms of every season.

Verse 13 (12.289.13)

तथा विद्याधराश्चैव सिद्धाश्चैव तपोधनाः । महादेवं पशुपतिं पर्युपासन्त भारत ॥

tathā vidyādharāścaiva siddhāścaiva tapodhanāḥ | mahādevaṃ paśupatiṃ paryupāsanta bhārata

Vidyadharas and siddhas rich in austerity, O Bharata, waited upon Mahadeva, the Lord of Beasts.

Verse 14 (12.289.14)

भूतानि च महाराज नानारूपधराण्यथ । राक्षसाश्च महारौद्राः पिशाचाश्च महाबलाः ॥

bhūtāni ca mahārāja nānārūpadharāṇyatha | rākṣasāśca mahāraudrāḥ piśācāśca mahābalāḥ

Beings of many shapes, O great king, and dreadful rakshasas and mighty pishachas,

Verse 15 (12.289.15)

बहुरूपधरा हृष्टा नानाप्रहरणोद्यताः । देवस्यानुचरास्तत्र तस्थिरे चानलोपमाः ॥

bahurūpadharā hṛṣṭā nānāpraharaṇodyatāḥ | devasyānucarāstatra tasthire cānalopamāḥ

wearing many forms, joyful, with weapons of many kinds raised, stood there as the god's followers, blazing like fire.

Verse 16 (12.289.16)

नन्दी च भगवांस्तत्र देवस्यानुमते स्थितः । प्रगृह्य ज्वलितं शूलं दीप्यमानं स्वतेजसा ॥

nandī ca bhagavāṃstatra devasyānumate sthitaḥ | pragṛhya jvalitaṃ śūlaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā

The blessed Nandi stood there with the god's leave, grasping a flaming trident that shone with its own radiance.

Verse 17 (12.289.17)

गङ्गा च सरितां श्रेष्ठा सर्वतीर्थजलोद्भवा । पर्युपासत तं देवं रूपिणी कुरुनन्दन ॥

gaṅgā ca saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvatīrthajalodbhavā | paryupāsata taṃ devaṃ rūpiṇī kurunandana

And Ganga, best of rivers, born of the waters of all holy places, waited upon that god in bodily form, O joy of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Corrected देव → देवं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, the object of पर्युपासत; CE devaṃ).

Verse 18 (12.289.18)

स एवं भगवांस्तत्र पूज्यमानः सुरर्षिभिः । देवैश्च सुमहातेजा महादेवो व्यतिष्ठत ॥

sa evaṃ bhagavāṃstatra pūjyamānaḥ surarṣibhiḥ | devaiśca sumahātejā mahādevo vyatiṣṭhata

So the blessed Mahadeva, of great radiance, stayed there, worshipped by the divine sages and the gods.

Verse 19 (12.289.19)

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य दक्षो नाम प्रजापतिः । पूर्वोक्तेन विधानेन यक्ष्यमाणोऽन्वपद्यत ॥

kasyacittvatha kālasya dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ | pūrvoktena vidhānena yakṣyamāṇo'nvapadyata

After some time the Prajapati named Daksha set himself to sacrifice, in the manner described before.

Verse 20 (12.289.20)

ततस्तस्य मखं देवाः सर्वे शक्रपुरोगमाः । गमनाय समागम्य बुद्धिमापेदिरे तदा ॥

tatastasya makhaṃ devāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ | gamanāya samāgamya buddhimāpedire tadā

Then all the gods, with Shakra at their head, gathered together and resolved to go to his sacrifice.

Verse 21 (12.289.21)

ते विमानैर्महात्मानो ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभैः । देवस्यानुमतेऽगच्छन्गङ्गाद्वारमिति श्रुतिः ॥

te vimānairmahātmāno jvalanārkasamaprabhaiḥ | devasyānumate'gacchangaṅgādvāramiti śrutiḥ

Those great-souled ones, in aerial cars shining like fire and the sun, went with the god's leave to Gangadvara, so tradition tells.

Verse 22 (12.289.22)

प्रस्थिता देवता दृष्ट्वा शैलराजसुता तदा । उवाच वचनं साध्वी देवं पशुपतिं पतिम् ॥

prasthitā devatā dṛṣṭvā śailarājasutā tadā | uvāca vacanaṃ sādhvī devaṃ paśupatiṃ patim

Seeing the gods set out, the virtuous daughter of the Mountain King then spoke to the god, her husband, the Lord of Beasts.

Verse 23 (12.289.23)

भगवन्क्वनु यान्त्येते देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । ब्रूहि तत्त्वेन तत्त्वज्ञ संशयो मे महानयम् ॥

bhagavankvanu yāntyete devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | brūhi tattvena tattvajña saṃśayo me mahānayam

"Blessed lord, where are these gods led by Shakra going? Tell me truly, you who know the truth; this is a great doubt of mine."

Verse 24 (12.289.24)

दक्षो नाम महाभागे प्रजानां पतिरुत्तमः । हयमेधेन यजते तत्र यान्ति दिवौकसः ॥

dakṣo nāma mahābhāge prajānāṃ patiruttamaḥ | hayamedhena yajate tatra yānti divaukasaḥ

"Daksha, O fortunate lady, the best of the lords of creatures, is sacrificing with a horse-sacrifice. The dwellers in heaven are going there."

Note on the text: Corrected जयते → यजते (misprint in Wikisource; Daksha sacrifices with the horse-sacrifice, CE yajate).

Verse 25 (12.289.25)

यज्ञमेतं महादेव किमर्थं नाभिगच्छसि । केन वा प्रतिषेधेन गमनं ते न विद्यते ॥

yajñametaṃ mahādeva kimarthaṃ nābhigacchasi | kena vā pratiṣedhena gamanaṃ te na vidyate

"Great god, why do you not go to this sacrifice? Or what hindrance is there that you have no going there?"

Note on the text: Corrected नाधिगच्छति → नाभिगच्छसि (misprint in Wikisource; the verb is addressed to Mahadeva, second person, CE nābhigacchasi).

Verse 26 (12.289.26)

सुरैरेव महाभागे पूर्वमेतदनुष्ठितम् । यज्ञेषु सर्वेषु मम न भाग उपकल्पितः ॥

suraireva mahābhāge pūrvametadanuṣṭhitam | yajñeṣu sarveṣu mama na bhāga upakalpitaḥ

"The gods themselves arranged this long ago, O fortunate one: in all the sacrifices no share has been set aside for me."

Verse 27 (12.289.27)

पूर्वोपायोपपन्नेन मार्गेण वरवर्णिनि । न मे सुराः प्रयच्छन्ति भागं यज्ञस्य धर्मतः ॥

pūrvopāyopapannena mārgeṇa varavarṇini | na me surāḥ prayacchanti bhāgaṃ yajñasya dharmataḥ

"By the course laid down of old, fair lady, the gods do not give me a share of the sacrifice, though it is my due."

Verse 28 (12.289.28)

भगवन्सर्वभूतेषु प्रभावाभ्यधिको गुणैः । अजय्यश्चाप्यधृष्यश्च तेजसा यशसा श्रिया ॥

bhagavansarvabhūteṣu prabhāvābhyadhiko guṇaiḥ | ajayyaścāpyadhṛṣyaśca tejasā yaśasā śriyā

"Lord, among all beings you surpass in power and in virtues, unconquerable and unassailable in energy, fame and glory."

Verse 29 (12.289.29)

अनेन ते महाभाग प्रतिषेधेन भागतः । अतीव दुःखमुत्पन्नं वेपथुश्च ममानघ ॥

anena te mahābhāga pratiṣedhena bhāgataḥ | atīva duḥkhamutpannaṃ vepathuśca mamānagha

"Because of this denial of your share, O fortunate one, great grief has arisen in me, and I tremble, O sinless one."

Verse 30 (12.289.30)

एवमुक्त्वा तु सा देवी देवं पशुपतिं पतिम् । तुष्णींभूताऽभवद्राजन्दह्यमानेन चेतसा ॥

evamuktvā tu sā devī devaṃ paśupatiṃ patim | tuṣṇīṃbhūtā'bhavadrājandahyamānena cetasā

Having spoken thus to the god, her husband, the Lord of Beasts, the goddess fell silent, O king, her heart burning.

Verse 31 (12.289.31)

अथ देव्या मतं ज्ञात्वा हृद्गतं यच्चिकीर्षितम् । स समाज्ञापयामास तिष्ठ त्वमिति नन्दिनम् ॥

atha devyā mataṃ jñātvā hṛdgataṃ yaccikīrṣitam | sa samājñāpayāmāsa tiṣṭha tvamiti nandinam

Then, knowing the goddess's mind and what lay in her heart that she wished done, he told Nandin, "You stay here."

Verse 32 (12.289.32)

ततो योगबलं कृत्वा सर्वयोगेश्वरेश्वरः । तं यज्ञं स महातेजा भीमैरनुचरैस्तदा ॥

tato yogabalaṃ kṛtvā sarvayogeśvareśvaraḥ | taṃ yajñaṃ sa mahātejā bhīmairanucaraistadā

Then he, the greatly radiant supreme lord of all lords of yoga, having called up the power of yoga, with his dreadful attendants

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines = CE 12.274.31a and 31c.

Verse 33 (12.289.33)

सहसा घातयामास देवदेवः पिनाकधृत् । केचिन्नादानमुञ्चन्त केचिद्धासांश्च चक्रिरे ॥

sahasā ghātayāmāsa devadevaḥ pinākadhṛt | kecinnādānamuñcanta keciddhāsāṃśca cakrire

suddenly had that sacrifice destroyed, he the god of gods, wielder of the Pinaka. Some there let out cries; some burst into laughter.

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Verse 34 (12.289.34)

रुधिरेणापरे राजंस्तत्राग्निं समवाकिरन् । केचिद्यूपान्समुत्पाट्य व्याक्षिपन्विकृताननाः ॥

rudhireṇāpare rājaṃstatrāgniṃ samavākiran | kecidyūpānsamutpāṭya vyākṣipanvikṛtānanāḥ

Others, O king, poured blood on the fire there; some tore up the sacrificial posts and hurled them about, their faces distorted.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines = CE 12.274.32c and 33a.

Verse 35 (12.289.35)

आस्यैरन्ये चाग्रसन्त तथैव परिचारकान् । ततः स यज्ञो नृपतेर्वध्यमानः समन्ततः ॥

āsyairanye cāgrasanta tathaiva paricārakān | tataḥ sa yajño nṛpatervadhyamānaḥ samantataḥ

Others swallowed the attendants with their mouths. Then the sacrifice of the king, assailed on every side,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines = CE 12.274.33c and 34a.

Verse 36 (12.289.36)

आस्थाय मृगरूपं वै स्वमेवाभ्यगमत्तदा । तं तु यज्ञं तथारूपं गच्छन्तमुपलभ्य सः ॥

āsthāya mṛgarūpaṃ vai svamevābhyagamattadā | taṃ tu yajñaṃ tathārūpaṃ gacchantamupalabhya saḥ

took the shape of a deer and went off to its own place. Seeing the sacrifice leaving in that form, the lord

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines = CE 12.274.34c and 35a; Wikisource's स्वमेवाभ्यगमत् for the CE's kham evābhyapatat is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 37 (12.289.37)

धनुरादाय बाणेन तदान्वसरत प्रभुः । ततस्तस्य सुरेशस्य क्रोधादमिततेजसः ॥

dhanurādāya bāṇena tadānvasarata prabhuḥ | tatastasya sureśasya krodhādamitatejasaḥ

took up his bow and an arrow and went after it. Then, from the wrath of that lord of the gods, of boundless energy,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines = CE 12.274.35c and 36a.

Verse 38 (12.289.38)

ललाटात्प्रसृतो घोरः स्वेदबिन्दुर्बभूव ह । तस्मिन्पतितमात्रे च स्वेदबिन्दौ तदा भुवि ॥

lalāṭātprasṛto ghoraḥ svedabindurbabhūva ha | tasminpatitamātre ca svedabindau tadā bhuvi

a terrible drop of sweat sprang from his forehead. And the moment that drop of sweat fell upon the ground,

Note on the text: Corrected यतित → पतित (misprint in Wikisource; यतित is not a word here, the drop of sweat 'falls'; CE patitamātre). CE mapping: Lines = CE 12.274.36c and 37a.

Verse 39 (12.289.39)

प्रादुर्बभूव सुमहानग्निः कालानलोपमः । तत्र चाजायत तदा पुरुषः पुरुषर्षभ ॥

prādurbabhūva sumahānagniḥ kālānalopamaḥ | tatra cājāyata tadā puruṣaḥ puruṣarṣabha

a vast fire like the fire at the end of time blazed up, and in it a man was born, O best of men,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines = CE 12.274.37c and 38a.

Verse 40 (12.289.40)

ह्रस्वोऽतिमात्रं रक्ताक्षो हरिश्मश्रुर्विभीषणः । ऊर्ध्वकेशोऽतिरोमाङ्गः श्येनोलूकस्तथैव च ॥

hrasvo'timātraṃ raktākṣo hariśmaśrurvibhīṣaṇaḥ | ūrdhvakeśo'tiromāṅgaḥ śyenolūkastathaiva ca

exceedingly short, red-eyed, green-bearded, terrifying, his hair standing on end, his body very hairy, like a hawk and an owl,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines = CE 12.274.38c and 39a.

Verse 41 (12.289.41)

करालकृष्णवर्णश्च रक्तवासास्तथैव च । तं यज्ञं सुमहासत्वोऽदहत्कक्षमिवानलः ॥

karālakṛṣṇavarṇaśca raktavāsāstathaiva ca | taṃ yajñaṃ sumahāsatvo'dahatkakṣamivānalaḥ

grim, black in colour and clothed in red; and that being of great might burned the sacrifice as fire burns dry grass.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines = CE 12.274.39c and 40a.

Verse 42 (12.289.42)

व्यचरत्सर्वतो देवान्प्राद्रवत्स ऋषींस्तथा । देवाश्चाप्याद्रवन्सर्वे ततो भीता दिशो दश ॥

vyacaratsarvato devānprādravatsa ṛṣīṃstathā | devāścāpyādravansarve tato bhītā diśo daśa

He ranged everywhere, rushing upon the gods and upon the sages too; and all the gods, terrified, fled in the ten directions.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE star 12.274.40b*0735_01, line 2 = CE 12.274.40c.

Verse 43 (12.289.43)

तेन तस्मिन्विचरता पुरुषेण विशांपते । पृथिवी ह्यचलद्राजन्नतीव भरतर्षभ ॥

tena tasminvicaratā puruṣeṇa viśāṃpate | pṛthivī hyacaladrājannatīva bharatarṣabha

As that man moved about there, O lord of the earth, the earth shook greatly, O best of the Bharatas.

Verse 44 (12.289.44)

हाहाभूतं जगत्सर्वमुपलक्ष्य तदा प्रभुः । पितामहो महादेवं दर्शयन्प्रत्यभाषत ॥

hāhābhūtaṃ jagatsarvamupalakṣya tadā prabhuḥ | pitāmaho mahādevaṃ darśayanpratyabhāṣata

Seeing the whole world fallen into cries of woe, the Grandsire, the lord, showed himself to Mahadeva and addressed him.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE star 12.274.42b*0736_01 (the CE's main text has instead 42a, hāhābhūte pravṛtte tu nāde lokabhayaṃkare), line 2 = CE 12.274.42c.

Verse 45 (12.289.45)

भवतोपि सुराः सर्वे भागं दास्यन्ति वै प्रभो । क्रियतां प्रतिसंहारः सर्वदेवेश्वर त्वया ॥

bhavatopi surāḥ sarve bhāgaṃ dāsyanti vai prabho | kriyatāṃ pratisaṃhāraḥ sarvadeveśvara tvayā

"All the gods will give you a share too, lord. Call back this destruction, O lord of all the gods."

Verse 46 (12.289.46)

इमा हि देवताः सर्वा ऋषयश्च परंतप । तव क्रोधान्महादेव न शान्तिमुपलेभिरे ॥

imā hi devatāḥ sarvā ṛṣayaśca paraṃtapa | tava krodhānmahādeva na śāntimupalebhire

"All these deities and the sages, scorcher of foes, have found no peace because of your wrath, Mahadeva."

Verse 47 (12.289.47)

यश्चैष पुरुषो जातः स्वेदात्ते विबुधोत्तम । ज्वरो नामैष धर्मज्ञ लोकेषु प्रचरिष्यति ॥

yaścaiṣa puruṣo jātaḥ svedātte vibudhottama | jvaro nāmaiṣa dharmajña lokeṣu pracariṣyati

"And this man who was born of your sweat, best of gods, will go about the worlds under the name of Fever, O knower of dharma."

Verse 48 (12.289.48)

एकीभूतस्य न त्वस्य धारणे तेजसः प्रभो । समर्था सकला पृथ्वी बहुधा सृज्यतामयम् ॥

ekībhūtasya na tvasya dhāraṇe tejasaḥ prabho | samarthā sakalā pṛthvī bahudhā sṛjyatāmayam

"With his energy gathered in one, lord, the whole earth cannot bear him; let him be scattered into many forms."

Verse 49 (12.289.49)

इत्युक्तो ब्रह्मणा देवो भागे चापि प्रकल्पिते । भगवन्तं तथेत्याह ब्रह्माणममितौजसम् ॥

ityukto brahmaṇā devo bhāge cāpi prakalpite | bhagavantaṃ tathetyāha brahmāṇamamitaujasam

Thus addressed by Brahma, and his share having been settled, the god said "So be it" to the blessed Brahma of boundless might.

Verse 50 (12.289.50)

परां च प्रीतिमगमदुत्स्मयंश्च पिनाकधृत् । अवाप च तदा भागं यथोक्तं ब्रह्मणा भवः ॥

parāṃ ca prītimagamadutsmayaṃśca pinākadhṛt | avāpa ca tadā bhāgaṃ yathoktaṃ brahmaṇā bhavaḥ

The wielder of the Pinaka, smiling, felt supreme delight, and Bhava received his share as Brahma had declared.

Verse 51 (12.289.51)

ज्वरं च सर्वधर्मज्ञो बहुधा व्यसृजत्तदा । शान्त्यर्थं सर्वभूतानां शृणु तच्चापि पुत्रक ॥

jvaraṃ ca sarvadharmajño bahudhā vyasṛjattadā | śāntyarthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ śṛṇu taccāpi putraka

And Shiva, who knows all dharma, then scattered the fever in many forms for the peace of all beings. Hear that too, my son.

Verse 52 (12.289.52)

शीर्षाभितापो नागानां पर्वतानां शिलाजतु । अपां तु नीलिकां विद्धि निर्मोकं भुजगेषु च ॥

śīrṣābhitāpo nāgānāṃ parvatānāṃ śilājatu | apāṃ tu nīlikāṃ viddhi nirmokaṃ bhujageṣu ca

Know that in the nagas it is the heat in the head, in mountains the mineral shilajatu, in waters the blue moss, and in serpents the shed skin.

Verse 53 (12.289.53)

खोरकः सौरभेयाणामूषरं पृथिवीतले । पशूनामपि धर्मज्ञ दृष्टिप्रत्यवरोधनम् ॥

khorakaḥ saurabheyāṇāmūṣaraṃ pṛthivītale | paśūnāmapi dharmajña dṛṣṭipratyavarodhanam

In cattle it is the foot-disease called khoraka, on the surface of the earth barren saline soil, and in beasts, O knower of dharma, the clouding of sight.

Verse 54 (12.289.54)

रन्ध्रागतमथाश्वानां शिखोद्भेदश्च बर्हिणाम् । नेत्ररोगः कोकिलानां ज्वरः प्रोक्तो महात्मना ॥

randhrāgatamathāśvānāṃ śikhodbhedaśca barhiṇām | netrarogaḥ kokilānāṃ jvaraḥ prokto mahātmanā

In horses it is the growth lodged in the throat, in peacocks the breaking of the crest, in cuckoos disease of the eyes: thus the great-souled one declared fever.

Verse 55 (12.289.55)

अवीनां पित्तभेदश्च सर्वेषामिति नः श्रुतम् । शुकानामपि सर्वेषां हिक्किका प्रोच्यते ज्वरः ॥

avīnāṃ pittabhedaśca sarveṣāmiti naḥ śrutam | śukānāmapi sarveṣāṃ hikkikā procyate jvaraḥ

Among sheep, so we have heard, it is a disturbance of the bile, in every kind of them; and among all parrots hiccup is called fever.

Verse 56 (12.289.56)

शार्दूलेष्वथ धर्मज्ञ श्रमो ज्वर इहोच्यते । मानुषेषु तु धर्मज्ञ ज्वरो नामैष विश्रुतः ॥

śārdūleṣvatha dharmajña śramo jvara ihocyate | mānuṣeṣu tu dharmajña jvaro nāmaiṣa viśrutaḥ

Among tigers, O knower of dharma, fever is called exhaustion; among men it is known by the name of fever,

Note on the text: Corrected शार्दूलष्वथ → शार्दूलेष्वथ (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; CE śārdūleṣv atha). CE mapping: Line 1 = CE 12.274.54a, line 2 = CE 12.274.54c.

Verse 57 (12.289.57)

मरणे जन्मनि तथा मध्ये चाविशते नरम् । एतन्माहेश्वरं तेजो ज्वरो नाम सुदारुणः ॥

maraṇe janmani tathā madhye cāviśate naram | etanmāheśvaraṃ tejo jvaro nāma sudāruṇaḥ

and it enters a man at death, at birth and in between. This is the fiery energy of Maheshvara, the dreadful fever.

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Verse 58 (12.289.58)

नमस्यश्चैव मान्यश्च सर्वप्राणिभिरीश्वरः । अनेन हि समाविष्टो वृत्रो धर्मभूतां वरः ॥

namasyaścaiva mānyaśca sarvaprāṇibhirīśvaraḥ | anena hi samāviṣṭo vṛtro dharmabhūtāṃ varaḥ

The Lord is to be revered and honoured by all beings. Possessed by this, Vritra, best of those who uphold dharma,

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Verse 59 (12.289.59)

व्यजृम्भत ततः शक्रस्तस्मै वज्रमवासृजत् । प्रविश्य वज्रं वृत्रं च दारयामास भारत ॥

vyajṛmbhata tataḥ śakrastasmai vajramavāsṛjat | praviśya vajraṃ vṛtraṃ ca dārayāmāsa bhārata

yawned; and then Shakra hurled the thunderbolt at him, and the thunderbolt entered Vritra and tore him apart, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected बज्रं → वज्रं and दारयामासं → दारयामास (misprints in Wikisource; ब for व, a stray anusvara; CE vajro … dārayām āsa). Wikisource's वृत्रं च for the CE's vṛtraṃ tu is a recension variant, kept. CE mapping: Line 1 = CE 12.274.56c, line 2 = CE 12.274.57a.

Verse 60 (12.289.60)

दारितश्च स वज्रेण महायोगी महासुरः । जगाम परमं स्थानं विष्णोरमिततेजसः ॥

dāritaśca sa vajreṇa mahāyogī mahāsuraḥ | jagāma paramaṃ sthānaṃ viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ

Torn apart by the thunderbolt, that great yogin, that great asura, went to the supreme abode of Vishnu of boundless energy.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines = CE 12.274.57c and 57e.

Verse 61 (12.289.61)

विष्णुभक्त्या हि तेनेदं जगद्व्याप्तमभूत्पुरा । तस्माच्च निहतो युद्धे विष्णोः स्थानमवाप्तवान् ॥

viṣṇubhaktyā hi tenedaṃ jagadvyāptamabhūtpurā | tasmācca nihato yuddhe viṣṇoḥ sthānamavāptavān

By devotion to Vishnu he had pervaded this world in former times; therefore, slain in battle, he reached Vishnu's abode.

Verse 62 (12.289.62)

इत्येष वृत्रमाश्रित्य ज्वरस्य महतो मया । विस्तरः कथितः पुत्र किमन्यत्प्रब्रवीमि ते ॥

ityeṣa vṛtramāśritya jvarasya mahato mayā | vistaraḥ kathitaḥ putra kimanyatprabravīmi te

Thus, my son, I have told you at length of the great Fever, with Vritra as its occasion. What more shall I tell you?

Verse 63 (12.289.63)

इमां ज्वरोत्पत्तिमदीनमानसः । पठेत्सदा यः सुसमाहितो नरः । विमुक्तरोगः स सुखी मुदा युतो । लभेत कामान्स यथा मनीषितान् ॥

imāṃ jvarotpattimadīnamānasaḥ | paṭhetsadā yaḥ susamāhito naraḥ | vimuktarogaḥ sa sukhī mudā yuto | labheta kāmānsa yathā manīṣitān

The man who, with an untroubled mind and steady attention, always recites this account of the origin of fever will be freed from disease, happy and glad, and will obtain the desires he has wished for.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. The four lines are CE 12.274.60a and 60c, which the CE prints as two long lines (the page prints four pādas).